Lakers Game Preview: Final Chapter in the Hallway Rivalry
The Clippers own the season record against the Lakers this year regardless of the result tonight. However, a win tonight would be huge for the Lakers playoff hopes. They are clinging to the eighth spot with a half game lead…
Lakers News: Kobe Bryant States He Wants No. 24 Retired, Not No. 8
With all the hoopla surrounding Shaq's jersey retirement last week, fans, as they have a tendency to do, began to look ahead to the future. Who will be the next Laker to have his jersey immortalized in the rafters of…
Lakers Nation Week in Review: Mar. 30- Apr. 6
The Los Angeles Lakers are in the final stretch of the regular season and they are fighting for their playoff lives on a nightly basis. The Lakers and Utah Jazz are constantly exchanging the eighth and ninth seeds and they…
Lakers Fantasy Values Fluctuate Due to Injuries to Steve Nash & MWP
When the Lakers are healthy, the starting lineup can be counted on to be fantasy relevant for the year. However, due to the injuries in the starting five to point guard Steve Nash and small forward Metta World Peace, Jodie…
Lakers News: Pau Gasol Wants To Sustain Two-Man Game With Kobe
While there has been a definite visible improvement in the two-man game between Kobe Bryant and Dwight Howard, we cannot forget about the dynamic duo that led the Lakers to back-to-back championships in 2009 and 2010. For five years now,…
Mike D’Antoni Proud of Team, Still Sees Areas of Improvement
The Los Angeles Lakers claimed one of their biggest victories of the season Friday night when they beat the Memphis Grizzlies by two, 86-84. The Lakers and Grizzlies were going back and forth the entire game and the outcome was decided…
Lakers Nation Sound Off: Analyzing Playoff Match-Ups for the Lakers
Anthony Irwin | Twitter: @AFIrwin1286 Topic: Playoff Match-ups Disclaimer: Please, Lakers, PLEASE make the playoffs. Otherwise, the prognostication you're about to read is basically worthless. As we near the end of the regular season, playoff match-ups are becoming more clear…
Lakers News: Kobe Credits Defense In Team Victory Over Memphis
With the Lakers fighting for the eighth and final playoff spot every game gets more and more important. On Friday night, with news that the Utah Jazz had already defeated the Hornets earlier in the evening, the Lakers had to…
Lakers Game Results: Team Trumps Grizzlies At Staples
After the importance of a rounded team effort was apparent in the Lakers win versus Dallas, the Los Angeles Lakers needed to replicate the effort in order to snag a victory versus the playoff bound Memphis Grizzlies Friday. Kobe Bryant,…
Kobe Bryant Passes Elvin Hayes On The All-Time Made Field Goals List
Kobe Bryant continues to break records this season, and did again in the first quarter of Friday night's game against the Memphis Grizzles. Kobe was tied with basketball legend Elvin Hayes for the sixth spot on the all-time field goals…